This document lays out the preferred submission file for the Wisconsin QSO Party (WIQP). This information is intended primarily for logging program developers, but WIQP participants looking for more in-depth information on WIQP log files will also find it useful.

There are two major considerations behind our log file format. First is that the log file contain all information needed to check and score an entrant's log per our rules. Secondary to this is our desire to make our log format compliant with the Cabrillo specification.

Although there are some Cabrillo 3.0 tags below, we are still in transition to Cabrillo 3.0 – that should come in 2014.

All tags should be in standard Cabrillo tag format: (left justified; upper case followed by a colon; words coupled with dashes).

LOCATION: is for S/P/C information (State, Province or "DX") only. This field is not intended for county information. LOCATION: is preferred, but ARRL-SECTION: may be used. Either way, this field needs to contain the S/P/C where it’s different from the ARRL Section.

EMAIL: is preferred, but "ADDRESS: (e-mail)" may be used.

ADDRESS-COUNTY: This field needs to contain the primary operator's home QTH county, which may not be the same as the county operated from. This is a special field needed for WIQP because Wisconsin stations receive a bonus for each county they operate from outside of their home county. (See Rules). Please note that this field is not in the Cabrillo spec, but is needed to determine bonus points for WIQP.

CATEGORY: should contain one of the three-character entry classes listed in the WIQP Rules.
CATEGORY-POWER: should be one of three power levels listed in the Rules.

QSO Data Notes

The QSO data lines are similar to the ARRL 160M contest example in the Cabrillo specification except that RST’s are not needed.

There should always be at least one space between fields. Fields may not contain spaces.

Each QSO’s data should be on one line. Individual fields must be truncated if necessary to avoid wraps.

Non-Wisconsin stations must have their state in the sent exchange field and the county of the Wisconsin station worked in the received exchange field.

Wisconsin stations must have their current county in the sent exchange field and the received S/P/C or county in the received exchange field. Mobiles and Rovers should report their county operated from in the sent exchange field. See example.

The received exchange for QSO’s with stations outside the U.S. states and Canadian provinces should show “DX”.